Rating in Brief autumn 2013

Welcome to Rating in Brief - leading the debate on business rates and policy

In December 2008, with the country on the verge of economic collapse, Rating in Brief considered the likely impact of the government’s empty property taxation policy on speculative development and the synchronisation of supply and demand.

In 2015, for the first time in a decade, government income from business rates will exceed council tax collections; unrepresented occupiers will soon be paying more to the Exchequer than those with the right to elect their government.

Fracking, the extraction of natural gas from shale deposits stored underground not only provokes strong environmental opinion, it also represents the latest challenge for the world of rating and valuation.

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